“In his great mercy he
has given us...a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ...In this
you greatly rejoice, though for a little while you may have had to suffer
grief...these [trials] have come so that your faith...may be proved genuine and
may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” 1
Peter 1:3-4, 6-7.
If we are walking this earth we are alive and breathing. The other certainty that accompanies our
journey is that we will suffer trials of various kinds while on earth. This morning the word ‘living’ jumped off of
the page when I considered the hope that God has given us through the resurrection
of Christ. Our hope cannot be some dead
attitude but a hope that is alive and breathing. It is a hope that can expand beyond
limits...a hope that as long as it is breathing will be maturing and actively
progressing towards our inheritance.
What does an inheritance look like on earth through our hope
staying alive and anchored in Christ? It
looks like the hope of a new job to a man out of work. It looks like healing for a heart who has
sustained the death of a loved one. It
looks like fresh life being pumped into a stale marriage. An inheritance is hope that God will change
the heart of a wayward child.
God has already been merciful in His gift of Christ and the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Our hope
and future inheritance will be grounded in the refinement of our faith. Through our emerging faith hope cannot stand
still. Hope dances to the same tune of
faith and cannot forsake itself. As our
faith might be stunted by unbelief so will our dance. God has reached out His hand and invited us
to come to the dance and be His partner.
As we spin around the dance floor God will be revealed and through our
living hope we will have a future inheritance...a future song in our hearts of
God’s faithfulness.
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